Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 154 The Maze Takes Shape! The Tracker Follows the Assassin!

Dudley saw the reaction of the eight-eyed giant spiders and cursed them under his breath for being cowards who did not live up to the 5X danger level.

It seems that when professors are clustered together, you can't expect them to launch an open attack.

Eckeris must be given a chance to act alone.

Dudley and Hagrid made another trip and carried all the remaining giant logs and stones into the depression.

Afterwards, he and other professors performed a magical transformation.

Since it's about building a maze, there are no fixed rules.

Dumbledore established a crooked path, starting from the main entrance of the depression and ending at the cave of Aragog, the deepest part of the depression, as the main correct route through the maze.

In other places, the professors are free to do as they please.

You can create dead ends, or you can set up complicated routes leading to the main route set by Dumbledore.

Intertwined and complex.

Moreover, it is not a single-layer flat maze, but a three-dimensional maze built on the original terrain and vine paths of the giant spider's nest.

As Hagrid casts cutting spells and transformations, the building materials he had prepared dwindled.

Instead, there are giant spider nests that are completely unrecognizable from their original state.

Huge blocks of stone and wood were cut, moved, and stacked to become the corridor walls, floors, and ceilings of the maze.

Professor Sprout then used magic to stimulate the vitality of the vines in the depression, causing them to grow according to everyone's wishes, wrapping around the walls and trees, and reinforcing the various corridors of the maze.

Meanwhile, for safety reasons, a safe house is set up at intervals throughout the maze.

The safe house has no ceiling, but irregularly shaped passageways leading directly to the sky.

Once each safe house is equipped with a flying broom, students can voluntarily stay away from danger and give up the training.

After all, no matter how powerful the eight-eyed giant spider is, it is still a creature that cannot fly.

Around 4 p.m., the main structure of the Trial Maze had been completed.

From the outside, the once desolate depression covered with dead trees and vines has been transformed into a lush and green ancient fortress.

On the vast yellow-gray stone walls, sturdy green vines climb, creating a charming scene.

Dumbledore used many magical means to solidify the transmutations the professors had applied to the building materials.

Without external attack, this place will remain the same for hundreds or thousands of years.

"Gentlemen, it's still early. If we're not in a hurry to go back, we can add some magical levels and protective measures to the maze first."

Dumbledore addressed the rest of the group.

At this moment, everyone gathered outside the maze, and Aragog led all its spider offspring out.

When building the maze, the professors planned new activity areas and dwellings for each adult spider, and took them in and out several times so that the spiders would remember how to enter and leave their new homes.

Of course, they don't really know how the other spiders get in and out of their new homes.

You have to figure it out yourself.

Aragog felt a sense of unease. No matter how it looked at it now, it felt more like a spider's cage than a training labyrinth.

It crawled up to Hagrid and asked, "Hagrid, are you sure there will be young wizards coming to train? The news can't be false, right?"

"Of course it will! Otherwise, why would Dumbledore and so many professors have been busy all day? I even went to the trouble of finding so many materials."

Hagrid said matter-of-factly that he didn’t hear anything wrong in Aragog’s words.

Aragog was relieved; it trusted Hagrid implicitly.

Dudley and the professors set off again, entering the empty maze and splitting up to proceed.

Ecclesia did the same, but as soon as she separated from the others, she cast a Disillusionment Charm and used her memory to track down Dumbledore.

She needed to confirm whether Dumbledore would place the Philosopher's Stone at the end of the maze, in the cave where Aragog lived, right now.

Little did they know, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Dudley, activating the Disillusionment Charm and the 'Humanoid Appearance' spell which could see through the Disillusionment Charm's hidden effects, silently followed behind Ecclesia.

He was also carrying a small iron cage that had been transformed from Smetin's cane, inside which was a palm-sized juvenile eight-eyed giant spider.

The first magic the professors added to the training labyrinth was the protective charm and wizard's senses magic that were essential for each safe house.

Ensure that only wizards are allowed into the safe house, keeping the giant spider and other dangers firmly at bay.

By the time all the safe houses were equipped with reliable protective magic, almost all the time had passed.

If we delay any longer, we won't make it back to the castle for dinner.

Using the 'loud voice' magic, the group amplified their voices, communicated with each other, and agreed to meet at the maze entrance.

Meanwhile, Eckeris had already obtained the information she wanted.

She watched as Dumbledore placed an irregularly shaped ruby ​​into a modified stone box deep within Aragog Cave.

The stone box was enchanted with powerful protective magic and a spell that allowed it to open automatically by solving a puzzle.

"The Philosopher's Stone! It must be the Philosopher's Stone!"

Voldemort's main spirit on Ecclesia's belly frantically transmitted its voice into Ecclesia's mind.

His tone was extremely frantic, filled with an overwhelming desire.

"You're hurting me, Master!" Eckeris cried out, clutching her head in a throbbing pain. "Please stop your magic! I'll definitely find a way to get you the magic stone!"

Upon hearing Erkris's whispered words, Voldemort's main spirit gradually calmed down and stopped tormenting Erkris with telepathic messages.

Neither the human nor the remnant soul noticed that while they were emotionally agitated and their attention was being diverted by the headache and the magic stone, a juvenile eight-eyed giant spider, carried by a wisp of air, silently floated close to Ecris's feet.

After her headache subsided, Ecclesia still kept a close eye on Dumbledore, hoping to run back and break the stone box to steal the Philosopher's Stone once he left.

She feared that once Aragog and the other eight-eyed giant spiders moved into the labyrinth, it would be difficult to obtain the Philosopher's Stone.

Unexpectedly, she now finds it difficult to obtain the fake Philosopher's Stone.

Because the juvenile eight-eyed giant spider had already crawled up Eckeris's feet and into the leg of her trousers under her robe.

"what!"

Eckeris, who was completely focused, had just felt an unusual sensation in her left leg and was about to look at it when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her left leg, as if she had been bitten by something, and she couldn't help but cry out in pain.

Although Ecclesia quickly covered her mouth to stop making a sound, that one sound had already alerted Dumbledore, who was far away.

"Useless!" Voldemort's main soul was furious and sent out an angry telepathic message.

Who's there?

Dumbledore's voice reached Ecclesia's ears at almost the same time.